There is so much good.

You can find heaven in the ordinary when you look for the good.

 

The bad really hurts.

It is, at times, paralyzing.

 

A call-up to the Major Leagues is one of the happiest days in the life of an athlete.

 

A death of a family member is one of one’s darkest days on earth.

 

For Eliezer Alfonzo, the Los Angeles Dodgers prospect, both happened within a 24-hour period of time.

 

On July 4th, 2026, Eliezer Alfonzo was called up to the Major Leagues.

Hours before, he was informed that his 16-year-old sister, Eliana, and stepmother, Patricia, had been found dead in the catastrophic earthquake in Venezuela.

 

Despite unimaginable grief, Eliezer chose to play the next day.

 

It is the struggle to keep the good in life alive, while the bad tries to overwhelm us into not living — that is the true battle.

Joy and sadness can coexist at the same time.

 

That distance between the two is vast.

 

When it happens and the bad tries to paralyze the good, you’ve got to fight like hell, because if you stop fighting, stop recognizing, and stop believing, the vast distance between the two suddenly doesn’t exist anymore.

 

And you start to see only the bad.

 

And that’s not good.

 

Life without either the good or the bad is, at best, unfulfilled.

 

As much as no one wants to experience the worst, it is knowing how the worst feels that makes the good feel even better.

 

Always fight.

 

Especially in your darkest days.

 

When you feel paralyzed from the bad, step back up to the plate.

 

Choose to keep playing.

Choose to keep living.

 

Because living honors the loss you have incurred.